KNOXVILLE (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the clash between Longstreet and Burnside at Knoxville, Tennessee in November 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South” by Elizabeth Varon
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Sixteenth)
In which the one bright spot in the Confederate retreat from Chattanooga is Cleburne’s rearguard action at Ringgold Gap on November 27, 1863
Our book recommendation for this episode is “‘All Hell Can’t Stop Them’: The Battles for Chattanooga- Missionary Ridge and Ringgold, November 24-27, 1863” by David A Powell
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Fifteenth)
In which the Federals pull off one of the most astonishing feats of the war as they storm Missionary Ridge outside Chattanooga on November 25, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is a back issue of Blue & Gray Magazine- Volume 29 Issue #6 which covers the fighting for Missionary Ridge
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Fourteenth)
In which we start in on the story of another dramatic event in the battles for Chattanooga- the storming of Missionary Ridge by the Federals on November 25, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Voices of the Civil War: Chattanooga” by the Editors of Time-Life Books
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Thirteenth)
In which Grant’s plan for November 25, 1863 is derailed when Sherman is unable to dislodge the Confederates from Tunnel Hill.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Chattanooga Campaign” edited by Steven Woodworth and Charles Grear
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Twelfth)
In which Hooker’s Federals storm Lookout Mountain.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Small but Important Riots: The Cavalry Battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville” by Robert F O’Neill
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Tenth)
In which Grant’s big attack to break the deadlock at Chattanooga finally gets underway on November 23, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond” by Hampton Newsome.
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Tenth)
In which time runs out for Braxton Bragg.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet’s Countermarch, Johnston’s Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863” by Allen R Thompson
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Ninth)
In which Bragg decides to send Longstreet off to have a go at Burnside up at Knoxville. Meanwhile, Grant welcomes his buddy Sherman to Chattanooga.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and the Native Peoples in the Fight for the West” by Megan Kate Nelson
CHATTANOOGA (Part the Eighth)
In which we finish looking at the action at the Battle of Wauhatchie (October 28/29, 1863).